Dr Christoph Lueder
- Kingston School of Art
- Department of Architecture and Landscape
- School of Arts
- Knights Park
- Design, Arts and Creative Practice
Associate Professor Architecture and Urbanism
About
I joined Kingston University in 2007. From 2016-18 I was School Director of Research at the School of Art and Architecture and since 2016 I am Faculty Research Ethics Lead.
Previously, I researched and taught at ETH Zürich, the University of Stuttgart and Canterbury School of Architecture.
After graduating from the University of Stuttgart in 1993, I practised architecture and urban design with Behnisch & Partners and Auer + Weber, Stuttgart before setting up my practice in Zürich. Buildings that I have been responsible for as project leader include the new University Library Magdeburg (completed 2003, won in competition 1998), social housing in Ingolstadt, Germany (1998), and an urban design and housing project for Anting New Town in Shanghai, China (2005).
I have lectured widely in the UK and internationally, including at the Deutsche Architektur Museum Frankfurt, ICA London, ETH Zurich, METU Ankara, Türkiye, German Jordanian University Amman, Kamla Raheja Vidyanidhi Institute for Architecture and Environmental Studies Mumbai, CEPT University Ahmedabad, Tashkeel Gallery Dubai, UAE, Chulalongkorn University Bangkok, Thailand, and Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago.
I have been an external examiner at the School of Art, Design and Architecture, University of Plymouth from 2014 to 2017. I review book proposals for Routledge and Fairchild Books and am peer reviewer for academic journals such as ARQ, UDI, Architectural Design, The Journal of Architecture and Urban Studies Journal. As of 2023, I am a member of the AHRC Peer Review College.
As Co-Editor of The Journal of Architecture, I support scholars and architectural practitioners in disseminating research findings to global readerships and new voices to enter discourses.
I hold research funding awards from the Global Challenges Research Fund (2018 and 2020) from the RIBA Research Fund (2021 to 2023) and the Graham Foundation New York, USA (2023 to 2025) supporting the research project "How to Build with Time? Learning from Bimanagar, Ahmedabad". Previous research funding includes an award from the British Council (2021) for the project "About Making".
I supervise PhD researchers working on representation in urban planning, participatory urbanism, co-production of space by architects and inhabitants over time, co-housing, informalisation and appropriation, irregular urbanism, cross-cultural perspectives and experiences of urbanisation. I welcome proposals from ambitious students in those areas.
Qualifications
- Dipl.-Ing. Architecture and Urban Design, University of Stuttgart, Germany, 1993
- Doctor of Philosophy, Kingston University London, 2017
Domains
Publications
Gallery of work
University Library Magdeburg, Germany
Christoph Lueder, project leader at Auer+Weber, Stuttgart
Local Studio Dhal ni Pol, Ahmedabad, India
Exhibition, 2018
Housing Estate Ingolstadt, Germany
Christoph Lueder, project leader at Behnisch und Partner, Stuttgart
University Library Magdeburg, Germany
Christoph Lueder, project leader at Auer+Weber, Stuttgart
How to Build with Time? Learning from Bimanagar, Ahmedabad, India
Research project since 2017 on Bimanagar Housing Estate by BV Doshi
How to Build with Time? Learning from Bimanagar, Ahmedabad, India
Exhibition at London Design Biennale